Why do some issues become politicized? CU experts explain why and how voting rights, climate change and abortion became rallying cries for political parties.? Amid hills lined with grape vineyards and peach orchards, Doug Spencer, a CU Boulder associate law professor, found himself sitting in a room in Palisade, Colorado, meeting with locals about how to address the growing polarization in politics. The energy changed in the room when people realized that shifting conversations to locali...